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  2. Nayrouz - Wikipedia

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    'the crown of the year') is a feast when martyrs and confessors are commemorated within the Coptic Orthodox Church. Celebrated on September 11, the day is both the start of the Coptic new year and its first month, Thout. Nayrouz is also commemorated by Ethiopian Christians who also call it Enkutatash. Children wear new clothes and give bouquets ...

  3. Egyptian calendar - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Egyptian calendar – a civil calendar – was a solar calendar with a 365-day year. The year consisted of three seasons of 120 days each, plus an intercalary month of five epagomenal days treated as outside of the year proper. Each season was divided into four months of 30 days.

  4. September 11 - Wikipedia

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    2008 – A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months. 2011 – A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members. [25]

  5. Coptic calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Coptic Leap Year follows the same rules as the Julian Calendar so that the extra month always has six days in the year before a Julian Leap Year. [7] The year starts on the Feast of Neyrouz, the first day of the month of Thout, the first month of the Egyptian year. For 1900 to 2099 it coincides with the Gregorian Calendar's 11 September, or ...

  6. Scans help solve a 3,000-year-old mystery of a high-status ...

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    Preparing for the afterlife “Inside Ancient Egypt” is one of the most popular exhibits at the museum and includes a three-story replica of a type of tomb called a mastaba.The tomb’s burial ...

  7. Thout - Wikipedia

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    Thout (Coptic: Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ, ), also known as Thoth (Ancient Greek: Θωθ, Thōth) and Tut [1] (Arabic: توت), is the first month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lies between 11 September and 10 October of the Gregorian calendar .

  8. Egypt in renewed mediation push for Gaza truce, sources say - AOL

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    Egypt has asked for a follow-up meeting with Israel in renewed efforts to mediate a deal for a ceasefire and the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, two Egyptian security sources said on Thursday.

  9. Intercalary month (Egypt) - Wikipedia

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    In that year, the Gregorian calendar's lack of a leap day will cause the Coptic month to advance another day relative to it [37] and it will run from 7 September to 11 September. Coptic leap years are not computed as divisors of four in that calendar's Diocletian era but occur in the year prior to the Gregorian leap year. [e]